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Friday, October 21, 2011

Unity FWF...My first Canvas...

Hello friends :) This is a quick post today fro I am just barely making the cut for Unity's FWF. Today I am sharing my very first canvas....I made it for my husband for his birthday. Being a Michael Jordan fan his entire life, he still loves and collects stuff. I drew an Air Jordan symbol freehand and then painted it to look like a classic clothing tag from his line of fashion. I added "circa 1985" to symbolize the year the line first came to be. I then decided to add a grunge like border with stamps down the left side. This is where Unity and Ippity enter the picture. I randomly stamped quite a few different Unity and Ippity stamps from different sets, as well as a few from other manufacturers. I will have to edit my supply list in later as I seemed to have misplaced it. i was really nervous that I was going to mess this up....the drawing especially, but I really ended up liking how it turned out. My husband freaked when he saw it and that was such an awesome feeling for me...seeing him so excited...like he was 11 all over again :) Here are a few pics of the step by step process....including a closeup pic of the rough pencil drawing:

I had to include a close up of one of my fave Ippity stamps from the "Love In Return" set....it reminds me to be original...after all, there is no one else like you and that, my friends, is a very cool thing :D

This is completely and utterly awesome, my dear Pryn! I can imagine how surprised your hubs was when he saw it! You did a fabulous job sketching it out and after you painted it, its so crisp and clean it looks like it could have been computer generated! I also love the graffiti style stamping along the side. That really gives it personality. I'm so impressed, my sistah! Fer REAL!!!

Oh my Pryn this is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a huge MJ fan and so is my youngest son. I need to try something like tis for him! Just awesome! I miss you girlfriend got home at 8 tonight earliest night is 2 weeks! One of these days It will slow down!

My baby :)

About Me

I'm a crafting ex-barista with a ton of ideas, but no motivation to get them all accomplished. My ipod is never further away than an arms length. I will wave my Terrible Towel whenever possible (Go James). I will always "Shake Down The Thunder" on Saturdays wearing my blue and gold (ND for life). I am a wife to Mike and doggie mommy to my pitbulls, BadaBing and Meadow. I am a Mommy's girl whose heart is filled with the love she gave me. I have to write myself notes to remember my notes. I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.